Chapter 116 of Eavesdropping
After returning from Yamamoto's place, Gu Jinshui thought he had made his attitude clear, but the next day, Yamamoto called him again. Gu
Jinshui had no choice but to call Li Xing to help translate.
Li Xing took the phone and talked to the other end for a long time, then looked at Gu Jinshui with a strange expression and covered his flashlight.
Gu Jinshui leaned against the wall, holding a cigarette between his fingers, "What's wrong?"
"Cough cough cough." Li Xing coughed and looked at Gu Jinshui with envy, "Professor Yamamoto said that you should reconsider the previous matter. As long as you agree to change your nationality and become his godson, he will not only agree to leave all his property to you, but also be willing to introduce you to a beautiful girl as your wife."
Hearing this, Gu Jinshui was stunned, and then the veins on his forehead bulged. He picked up the phone with a snap and angrily cursed at the person on the other end of the phone: "Yamamoto Kazuo, I don't know what's wrong with you Japanese, but I'm not such a spineless person. If you want to make trouble, you've found the wrong person!"
After that, Gu Jinshui hung up the phone without waiting for a response from the other end of the phone.
Li Xing touched his nose and said, "I was wondering why he said he would give you tens of millions before, so this is his idea."
Gu Jinshui said, "No matter what his idea is, I think he is crazy. Whoever is willing to be his adopted son can be his adopted son."
But it is obvious.
There are many people who are willing to be Professor Yamamoto's adopted son. It is estimated that Yamamoto's intention to adopt an adopted son has long been known to the Japanese. Therefore, after Yamamoto made that phone call, Dong Riwu and others looked at Gu Jinshui with unfriendly eyes.
But Gu Jinshui ignored them and was busy buying things to take home. The closer the day of returning home, the more Gu Jinshui missed his family.
However, on this day, Sun Zhiping came to ruin his good mood.
When everyone was discussing their experiences in Professor Bai's room, Sun Zhiping came over.
He said in a gloomy tone, "Oh, we never thought that Gu Jinshui was so popular. A great Japanese professor even took a fancy to him and wanted to take him in as his godson."
Gu Jinshui flipped through the books without looking up. "If you are jealous, why don't you recommend yourself?"
Sun Zhiping's face flashed with embarrassment.
Qian Guangwen and others ignored him and just surrounded Gu Jinshui to ask questions.
Sun Zhiping felt bored and had to leave in a huff.
Professor Bai and others then raised their heads.
Professor Bai rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Sun Zhiping is really not decent. He has been acting like this these days. He can't let it go like this when he returns to school!"
Professor Wen and others echoed, "Yes, he is so spineless to be so out of touch with the Japanese."
Professor Bai looked at Gu Jinshui and said, "Little Gu, don't take his words to heart. We all know your temper. Only he would say such things to you."
Gu Jinshui shrugged, "I know. I think he really wants to find a cheap father."
Qian Guangwen and others couldn't help laughing.
If you say that tens of millions of dollars are looked down upon, that's a lie, but everyone here has backbone. Besides, he is not without a father or a mother. How could he possibly find a Japanese as his father for money?
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Just when everyone in the room was talking and laughing, there were hurried footsteps outside.
It sounded like someone was running in the corridor.
This movement seemed very abrupt at this time. What Gu Jinshui and his friends were most uncomfortable with when they came to Japan was that people here were too quiet, spoke softly, and closed the door quietly. Such a loud noise was still rare.
"Brother Gu!" The person who came in suddenly opened the door, but it was Li Xing.
Gu Jinshui saw that Li Xing was sweating profusely and looked panicked. His heart couldn't help but tense, and he stood up, "Li Xing, what happened?"
"Yamamoto was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment. His housekeeper called and said he wanted to see you."
Li Xing said breathlessly with his hands on his knees.
Everyone was shocked.
Professor Bai asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Why is Professor Yamamoto in the hospital?"
Li Xing raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face and said, "I, I heard that Professor Yamamoto seems to be in the late stage of cancer. The housekeeper said that he may not survive tonight, so he asked me to ask Brother Gu to go over. Professor Yamamoto has something important to tell Brother Gu."
Everyone looked at Gu Jinshui.
Gu Jinshui frowned, with a hesitant and surprised look on his face.
When he went to see Yamamoto before, he could see that his health was not very good, but he just thought that Yamamoto smoked too much, but he didn't expect that he actually had cancer.
There is a doctor at home, so Gu Jinshui naturally knows that the late stage of cancer is equivalent to a declaration of no cure.
"Hey, I have no relatives or friends with him, what should I do?"
Gu Jinshui felt embarrassed.
Professor Bai thought for a moment, but said: "Jinshui, why don't we go with you? After all, Professor Yamamoto has helped us a lot these days. He is in this situation now, we can't be too heartless."
The University of Tokyo is very stingy in sharing archaeological results. These days, it is all thanks to Yamamoto's promotion that the communication between the two sides can be smooth.
Apart from other things, this favor must be remembered.
Everyone was surprised and felt that they should be sympathetic.
Gu Jinshui frowned and thought for a while. Finally, Li Xing said that Professor Yamamoto seemed to be talking about antiques, which made Gu Jinshui agree.
At night, the Tokyo Hospital in Japan was still brightly lit.
The ambulance flashed blue and white lights and made a rumbling sound as it rushed towards the asphalt road. At the entrance of the hospital, Yamamoto's butler was already waiting there.
Seeing Gu Jinshui and his group coming, the butler hurriedly came over and bowed first, "I'm sorry to bother you."
"You're welcome. How is Professor Yamamoto now?"
Professor Bai saw Gu Jinshui with his hands in his pockets, tightly pursed his lips, and looked like he didn't want to speak, so he went up to him unconsciously. The butler's
eyes showed a look of grief, and his voice was hoarse, "The professor has been transferred to the ward. The doctor said that he doesn't have much time left. I'm afraid it will be a matter of a few days."
"What?!"
Professor Bai opened his mouth in surprise.
The housekeeper looked at Gu Jinshui, "Professor Yamamoto wanted to see you after he got out. I think the professor must be very happy that you are willing to come."
Gu Jinshui pulled the corner of his lips and said, "I am just sympathetic, nothing else."
"Yes, I understand." The housekeeper was not surprised at all. He nodded and made a gesture of invitation, "Everyone, please follow me."
Yamamoto's ward is on the upper floor of the hospital. It is a single room. The
ward is equipped with a TV, refrigerator, single bed, air conditioning, and a vase full of chrysanthemums on the table.
Yamamoto was lying on the bed, his lips were purple and his face was pale.
When he heard the movement, he opened his eyes, but just this action made him feel tired, and his eyelids kept shaking.
The housekeeper hurried over to help him sit up and put a pillow behind him.
But even with such a slight movement, he kept coughing.
"Mr. Yamamoto, you, you should have a good rest." Although Professor Bai was annoyed by what happened to Yamamoto before, he couldn't lose face seeing him so sick, so he asked Li Xing to help translate.
"No, I, I still have some strength."
Yamamoto coughed against his lips.
He looked at Gu Jinshui and waved to the others, "I have something I want to say to Mr. Gu alone."
After Li Xing translated, Gu Jinshui and others looked a little ugly.
Professor Bai said, "I'm afraid this is not appropriate."
The housekeeper couldn't help but said, "Professor Bai, our master can only live for a few days. Are you still afraid that he will harm Mr. Gu?"
That's not the case.
Although Gu Jinshui is not a muscular man, his muscles are well-defined and he is not a pushover.
Not to mention that Yamamoto is seriously ill now, even if he is not ill, Gu Jinshui can beat ten Yamamotos by himself.
"Then let Li Xing stay." Professor Bai said, "Someone has to translate."
But Yamamoto shook his head firmly.
Gu Jinshui was in a bad mood and said directly, "You all go out, I want to see what he is going to do."
Professor Bai knew that he was angry when he heard his tone.
Holding his hand, Professor Bai warned him, "Don't mess around. We'll be waiting outside. You have to bear it no matter how angry you are."
"I see. Am I not afraid that he will try to scam me?" Gu Jinshui's lips twitched. "You are not worried. I am afraid that he will suddenly die later."
It is unpleasant to hear these words, but it is really possible.
When Professor Yamamoto was wearing a well-dressed suit before, no one could tell that he was in poor health. But now, anyone with eyes can see that he is terminally ill.
Professor Bai and others went out one after another.
The housekeeper closed the door when he went out.
The ward suddenly became quiet. The air was filled with the strong smell of disinfectant. Yamamoto coughed and looked at Gu Jinshui, "Come over here."
Gu Jinshui was stunned, and a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
He put his hands in his pockets and walked forward: "Can you speak Chinese?"
"Did I say I can't?" Yamamoto asked with a smile.
His smile at this moment was more genuine than usual.
Gu Jinshui looked him up and down, pulled a chair over, leaned the back of the chair against the bed, and sat on the chair astride, "You Japanese are so cunning. Since you can speak Chinese, why didn't you speak it before?"
"I naturally have my reasons."
Yamamoto coughed and stretched out his hand to try to reach the drawer of the bedside table next to him.
Gu Jinshui saw that the back of his hand was thin and the veins were bulging. He couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and directly helped him open the drawer and asked: "What do you want to take? Tell me and I'll help you."
"There are two folders in the drawer, take them out."
Yamamoto lay back, but he couldn't stop coughing.
He took up a handkerchief and covered his lips. Soon, the handkerchief was soaked with brown blood.
Gu Jinshui couldn't help frowning when he saw it. He put the folder on the bedside table and went to help Yamamoto calm down.
After a while, Yamamoto finally recovered.
He motioned to Gu Jinshui to get him a tissue to wipe his hands and mouth, and then he thanked him.
"You're welcome. We Chinese are so civilized."
Gu Jinshui said lightly.
Yamamoto smiled: "You are very similar to a Chinese man I know. You are both humorous and stubborn."
Gu Jinshui raised his eyebrows, "The man you know must be in his seventies or eighties."
Yamamoto frowned when he heard this, "He didn't live as long as me. He died very early."
Yamamoto pointed to the folder, "Open the green folder. There are photos of him and me in it."
Gu Jinshui didn't show it on his face, but he was curious in his heart. He thought Yamamoto was a strange person and he couldn't see through him. Therefore, he listened to him for once.
But when he opened the folder and saw the black and white photo at the top, his pupils almost trembled.
This black and white photo was obviously a bit old, and the edges were yellowed.
The photo was taken next to a dead tree. The person at the very side can be seen as Yamamoto when he was about 20 years old. But the man in the middle has a refined and gentle appearance, wearing a Zhongshan suit and a friendly smile. No matter which Chinese person is, he will never forget who this man is.
"You, you are talking about Prime Minister Z?"
Gu Jinshui's lips trembled.
Yamamoto nodded slightly: "Yes, he is a great leader. Although we only spent a few days together, we all like him very much. It's just a pity that he left too early."
Gu Jinshui couldn't control the shock on his face.
He originally thought that Yamamoto was just a Japanese professor who looked down on others because he was rich, but now, looking at this photo, he vaguely realized that something seemed wrong.
"Look at the back, there are clippings I left behind."
Yamamoto coughed again.
Gu Jinshui carefully turned over the first photo and looked at the documents at the back. Each of the thin transparent file bags contained some photos and articles cut out from newspapers.
[Red Flag Newspaper - "A Letter to Workers, Farmers, and Soldiers Nationwide"]
[Anti-war articles, movie photos.]
[Photos of Japanese □□ Party members being arrested]
...
Although some of these articles and photos are in Japanese, the Chinese characters on them can be guessed and roughly understood.
"These are the suppression of us by our country in recent years."
Yamamoto took a deep breath, his lungs were like a broken bellows, and every breath was adding to his body's burden. "The □□ in our country has long been gradually deteriorating. The people in it now are not the kind of people who care about the people that we wanted before."
"You, you are □□?"
Gu Jinshui's shock was simply uncontrollable.
He never dreamed that things would develop like this.
Yamamoto smiled and said, "Don't I look like it? This shows that I concealed it very well, otherwise I would have been arrested and imprisoned by the Special High Police like my predecessors. Do you know what the Special High Police is? It was a department in our country that used to specialize in arresting people like us."
Gu Jinshui opened his mouth.
"Since you are a foreigner, what's the matter that you want to see me?"
"I have not dared to expose myself all these years. I'm too scared. I know that I can't endure hardship and suffering, so I dare not sacrifice myself like others,"
Yamamoto looked at the ceiling with empty eyes, as if looking at somewhere far away. "But I have a guilty conscience. I know that our country has committed countless crimes against your country. So all these years, I have been collecting cultural relics and antiques from your country. I thought that one day, I would return these to you, and that would be the time for me to really play my role."
"But I didn't expect that I would be diagnosed with cancer at the beginning of last year, and the disease began to worsen as soon as it was discovered. I knew that I was running out of time. I couldn't find anyone in the country to take over this batch of antiques, and I didn't trust those people. So I went to your China, and by chance, I met you."
"Me?!"
Gu Jinshui pointed at himself in disbelief.
Yamamoto nodded, "Yes, it's you. Your background is simple and innocent. When you come to Japan, people here won't suspect that you are from China. But similarly, when you leave, people here in Japan won't suspect that you are wrong. These days, I have tested you again and again, and your performance has surprised me."
Gu Jinshui now understood everything.
"What you said about adopting a son is fake, and testing me is the real thing."
"Yes." Yamamoto said, "If you are really tempted, then it means that I have made a mistake."
He turned his head and looked at Gu Jinshui with a smile on his face. "The final result makes me very happy. You are indeed a rare good person."
Gu Jinshui didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He was upset for a long time, and the result was a test.
But he had to admire that Yamamoto was indeed bold and careful.
"Look at the folder below. It's full of photos of antiques that I've collected over the years."
Yamamoto tried to sit up, but as soon as he moved, his whole body ached and his face turned pale. Beads of sweat ran down his cheeks.
Gu Jinshui got up and pressed him, "Just lie down, just tell me what you want to do."
Yamamoto smiled and lay back down. "You are much more polite to me now."
Gu Jinshui touched his nose, "You can't blame me for this." He picked up the folder below, "If I hadn't been in Japan, I would have beaten you up long ago for the things you did before. What about my son? Not to mention tens of millions, even hundreds of millions won't do."
Yamamoto smiled, "You think so, but others don't think so."
"What?" Gu Jinshui's eyes fell on the exquisite antiques in the folder, and he asked absentmindedly.
"Nothing." Yamamoto shook his head.
Yamamoto has collected treasures over the years, and there are quite a few antiques and cultural relics in this folder that can be called national treasures.
Even someone as knowledgeable as Gu Jinshui couldn't help but feel his heart beating.
He closed the folder and asked tentatively, "You want to return all these to us? They are worth a lot of money."
Yamamoto shook his head, "I am alone. Money and antiques are meaningless to me. I just hope that before I die, these things can be shipped back to your country, which will be a wish of mine."
Gu Jinshui opened his mouth.
He looked at Yamamoto with a bit of self-pity.
These antiques are enough to open a museum, and Yamamoto spent his whole life collecting them, and he was willing to return them to their country.
"I thank you on behalf of our country. Thank you for your hard work over the years to help us find these lost cultural relics."
Gu Jinshui stood up and bowed to Yamamoto with a very respectful look.
Outside.
Li Xing and others heard voices in the room, but they couldn't make out what they were saying.
Li Xing and others couldn't help but worry anxiously.
Qian Guangwen said to Professor Bai: "Teacher, this brother Gu has been in for too long. Do you need to urge him?"
"Why urge him? Wait."
Although Professor Bai was also anxious, he could sit still longer than the young people. As
soon as he finished speaking, the door of the ward opened, and Gu Jinshui came out empty-handed: "Okay, let's go."
"Go, leave now?"
Professor Bai hurriedly got up and was a little surprised to hear this.
"Yeah, what are you waiting for?" Gu Jinshui shook his head and said, "It's so late, we have to go back quickly."
Everyone looked at each other, and the butler made a gesture of invitation. Everyone had to smile at him awkwardly, then turned around and left in a hurry.
After leaving, Li Xing couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Gu, what did Professor Yamamoto talk to you about? Why did he talk for so long?"
"He, it's still the same old topic. He said that I have a talent in archaeology and antiques, and he wants to take me as his apprentice."
Gu Jinshui shook his head and said, "That's even more impossible. I have a master. If I find a new master, my master will break my legs."
Professor Bai couldn't help laughing: "That's right, your master has a bad temper."
"Even if he has a good temper, I won't agree to this."
Gu Jinshui said in a serious tone, "I am where I am now because of my master's unselfish teaching. If I betray my master, I will be struck by lightning."
Everyone agreed.
Some people thought Gu Jinshui was a man of integrity, some thought he was too stubborn, but some people were moved after hearing about this.
When they were about to leave, Gu Jinshui suddenly ran to buy a lot of home appliances.
Professor Bai took a look and felt helpless: "Jinshui, it's not easy for us to take these home appliances back on the plane, and this refrigerator is so big, why did you think of buying it?"
Gu Jinshui touched his nose embarrassedly, "I have no choice. My family insisted that Japanese refrigerators are better than our domestic ones, and they are cheaper in Japan. I happened to have money, so I bought it. I didn't think about shipping this back."
"What should we do? How can we take such a big refrigerator back?"
Professor Wen and others were worried about him.
Li Xing said, "If that's not possible, we can ship it back by ship."
"Ship it?" Gu Jinshui frowned, "I'm worried about all these things. How about this, you take the plane back, and I take the ship back by myself. These things were bought by my family and I can't rest assured if I don't personally watch them."
Everyone knew that he bought a lot of things for his family, and if he had to ship them, he would really be worried, after all, it was so much money.
No one said much about him taking the ship, but Professor Bai asked him to learn a few Japanese sentences with Li Xing so that it would be convenient for him to communicate with people on the ship.
Therefore, Gu Jinshui left a day later than everyone else.
Li Xing also said: "You and Sun Zhiping are both leaving a day later, what a coincidence."
"Sun Zhiping?" Gu Jinshui has been too busy these days, and he realized that he hasn't seen Sun Zhiping for several days.
Li Xing said: "Yes, he ate something wrong outside and went to the hospital. Professor Bai and others had to go back to class, so they had to let him leave a day later."
Gu Jinshui just felt that this was too coincidental.
How could it be such a coincidence that he ate something wrong when he was about to leave, but he was busy with the antiques and cultural relics entrusted to him by Yamamoto, and he didn't have the mood to care about others.
The antiques that Yamamoto returned were as many as ten boxes. Needless to say, these things would be discovered on the plane.
But taking a boat was not a sure thing. Fortunately, Yamamoto had a trustworthy younger generation who helped arrange a boat to send Gu Jinshui back and also transport the boxes as sundries.
Thinking about the day after tomorrow, Gu Jinshui's heart was in turmoil, and he felt a little nervous and uneasy.
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